PASADENA, Calif. – For the second week in a row, both a
female and male student-athlete from Claremont-Mudd-Scripps has
been selected as the SCIAC Athlete of the Week the conference
announced Tuesday. Athena swimmer Annika Jessen
took home Female Athlete of the Week honors while Stag basketball
player Remy Pinson took Athlete of the Week on the
men’s side for the week of Jan. 20-26, 2014.

Jessen was a part of two pool records as CMS beat Cal Lu and
Caltech at home on Jan. 25. She swam the 50 fly (25.67) leg of the
winning 200 medley relay which set a new pool record of 1:48.56
(#10 nationally in 2014). She won the 100 fly with a personal best
and pool record time of 57.61. The mark is an NCAA 'B' cut and the
second fastest turned in nationally in 2014. She also finished
second in the 50 free (25.59) and swam a 50 free leg (25.44) on CMS
'B' 200 free relay.

Pinson had 30 points and nine three-pointers – both career
highs – as CMS won at Redlands 82-76 on Jan. 25 to remain in
first place in SCIAC (7-0). After a solid first half of nine
points, two rebounds and one assist, he was phenomenal in the final
20 minutes. In the second half he scored 21 points on 7-8 shooting
including 6-6 on threes and also had two rebounds, two assists and
two steals with no turnovers. His final three with 21 seconds
remaining essentially secured the win after Redlands had cut the
lead to two with under a minute to play. His previous career high
was 22 and this was only the second time of his career that he has
broken 20 points.

The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was
established in 1915. The league is currently comprised of nine
private colleges and universities in Southern California:
California Institute of Technology, California Lutheran University,
Chapman University, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges, University of
La Verne, Occidental College, Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, University of
Redlands, and Whittier College. The conference recognizes
outstanding athletic achievements of its student-athletes on a
weekly and annual basis.